The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-01-13

AoiOu, yet charges OF treason AaQ D6eL
entered against them, which were
SHOWN TO be false, and the whole
nation. If the words of blatant men pre-
vailed. was arrayed against them, de.
termlned upon their destruction
He asked the House to pause.
1t could not afford to take tie
step (which was etermined upon on
SUCH insufficient and Enthusiastically
testimony. HE pledged his word
and his character that the statements
upon which this legislation was based,
were without foundation in fact. Time,
the corrector of all evils, would right
this wrong, if such it were; and the fiat
of the Eternal had already declared that
the last vestige of Mormonism shall be
swept away by the peaceful progress of
events, If it IS not that which God, in
His wisdom. has appointed shall sur
Vive as the fttest. ~
Mr.. Bennett North Carolina), OPP
posed the bill In speaking of the
clause requiring all the male inhabitants
| OF Utah to register and to swear 10 up
hold and observe the Jaws, including
this act. he said we were again to be
subjected to that state of things which
I in the south, ended in corporals re-
viewing the decisions of the supreme
! court of sovereign State ~ ILL.
Mr.. Reed (Maine) sad that Congress
| had the right to make rules and regula
tons for the Territories. As to Utah
he was not sure that. the wIsest course
would not Tel for Congress to take COM
plete control of that Territory. And
why that Territory? A long time
ago body of religionists had
| taken a part of certain property
belonging to the United States. 1t was
not only body of reIigionists; it was a
people that had policy. That was the
/ key note of the situation. They in
! tended to people that Territory ex-
clusively with N ormons and to segre-
gate themselves as separate band, on
a portion OF the property of the
! United States. That hierarchy had
| been kept up ever since their organiza-
ton was an organization, inside of the
I United States and controlled one of its
territories. 1t was useless to call this
an assault upon band of men
organized for the purpose OF ex-
i clusively controlling a Territory which
belonged to the people of the United
States. To-day Congre was roofing out
an unjust possession of the soil that
belonged to the people, and that should
have been open and free to them all.
Polygamy was only one of the mani
festations Of the bad condition OF society
in that. Territory. 1t might be asked
why we did not let them carry out the
principles that actuate them, because
some day or other these people might
be admitted into fellowship in the
States, and while he recognized to the
fullest extent the right of local self
government, the right of the preser-
vation of local institutions, while
he denied not that right, one of the
strongest bulwarks OF liberty, never
| theless, this country must be, in the
main. homogeneous in thought and feel
ing if it was to be a strong nation. The
differences that were to be tolerated
must be kept within reasonable limits,
which will enable the nation to be
united in thought and feeling against
all exterior opposition.
Mr.. Tucker (Virginia) said the Su-
preme Court had held that there was no
right of suffrage by any inhabitant of a
Territory, as there was right OF
suffrage by a citizen of State; that the
absolute determination of the question
of government of the Territories was IN
the power of Congress. subject to the
Constitution, and that whether a
man or a woman should be allowed
to vote was a question for Congress to
decide. There had never been a ques-
ton brought to the attention of the
committee that had been examined
with more earnest care, and the COM
mittee had come to the conclusion that
something must be done, if the United
States did not desire to declare that
they were unable to cope with the ques-
ton of Mormonism. a Territory of
the United States did not belong to the
first little squad of men which came
and squatted upon it n | said, We are
mOnarchs of all we survey" 1t belongs
to the United States and it was the
duty of the United States to say that
this Territory should not! be monopoI-
eized by any class Of m n or any church.
There was no doubt about the power of
Congress in this matter. The DILL VIC
lated neither the letter nor the spirit of
the Constitution. Though ne had re-
ported the bill ,ihe would vote against it
ii he thought there was one thing in IL
which entrenched upon the conscience
even of a Mormon. He did not care
what Mormon believed, but be mus
not put his belief into acts, If thereby
he fnfringed on the rights of other
men. What was polygamy? 1t was
a crime by the law of every State of |
ChristendOm. Ever since Christ inter
preted the Judiac law and gave out |
Therefore shall man leave father and |
mother and cleave unto his wife and |
thew twaia. - They twain, nandsnot Il |
whole bundle-(Laughter snda ap-
plause.) Ever since Christ uttered thst !
sentiment all Christian nations have
adopted monogamy. -(Applause) The
nucleus of a nation WIS in the homes |
of the pecple-the ore man and Il e one |
woman: the one man loving supreJnely |
none but her. and the one women
loving supremely none. but him.
Thank God. there are such homes |
vet. (Applause). That was the |
foundation of the body polite. Without |
it. there would not be Christian State |
that would be fit to live in. tkpplause.) |
In Utah, the heart of the husband was |
dIffused among q number. That was
the basis of civilizatiort hat went out |
1000 years ago, except in Asia. Ours
was the basis OF principle OF ciViliza-
ton of to- day; tbs Mormons that OF
ancient civilization. Could they be
brought together? Could they lie side
by side? Was there man who would
vote to admit the polygamous State of
Utah into the Union? (Cries of No!